Michelle Burnham
@curiousmonolith.bsky.social
Prof at Santa Clara University. 🏳️🌈 Writer of books on American literature. Editor of Re-Editions series at Lever Press. WNBA fan. Writing a book on the 1970s. Reclaimer of bad texts and decades.
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Strange Horizons is open to fiction submissions from Indigenous authors!
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#fiction #shortstories #fantasy #sciencefiction #scifi
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Strange Horizons is open to fiction submissions from Indigenous authors!
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#fiction #shortstories #fantasy #sciencefiction #scifi
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For me, it’s been the New York Review of Books, and what a joy.
I’ve wanted to brag about my Christmas gift last year and here’s my chance.
I got the whole family matching magazine subs! Adults got Southern Cultures, OA, Bitter Southerner, The Sun, & New Yorker. Kid got Lux, Oyla, and later we added The Onion.
We always have stuff to talk about!
I got the whole family matching magazine subs! Adults got Southern Cultures, OA, Bitter Southerner, The Sun, & New Yorker. Kid got Lux, Oyla, and later we added The Onion.
We always have stuff to talk about!
I got out of the habit of reading magazines bc of the social pressure of writers reading what's trendy/popular or frankly expected of you.
This year, I've dedicated myself back to reading magazines and I'm truly having the time of my life.
This year, I've dedicated myself back to reading magazines and I'm truly having the time of my life.
November 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
For me, it’s been the New York Review of Books, and what a joy.
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20,000 documents from Epstein’s estate are now compiled into an easily searchable repository. Find it here:
We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
www.beltway.news
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
20,000 documents from Epstein’s estate are now compiled into an easily searchable repository. Find it here:
LOL
This is a real flight school, teaching people to fly planes!!! Like????
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
LOL
This man is extremely dangerous.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 AM
This man is extremely dangerous.
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Reinstate Sarah Kendzior
November 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Reinstate Sarah Kendzior
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POSTDOC ALERT: in 2026-27, James Mulholland (NCSU) and I are running a Mellon Sawyer Seminar on “Sharing Ground: Humanities, Academic Freedom, and the Future of the University.” The position is for a Humanist-in-Residence and the job is live on AJO: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31122
Duke University, English Department
Job #AJO31122, Postdoctoral Associate, English Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US
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November 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
POSTDOC ALERT: in 2026-27, James Mulholland (NCSU) and I are running a Mellon Sawyer Seminar on “Sharing Ground: Humanities, Academic Freedom, and the Future of the University.” The position is for a Humanist-in-Residence and the job is live on AJO: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31122
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MUST WATCH REPORTING FROM @thebaltimorebanner.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
MUST WATCH REPORTING FROM @thebaltimorebanner.com
YES! So under-appreciated… buried beneath misguided anti 70s sentiment
It is my duty to remind you that the early work of Neil Diamond absolutely slaps.
Cherry, Cherry
YouTube video by Neil Diamond - Topic
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November 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
YES! So under-appreciated… buried beneath misguided anti 70s sentiment
We have entered the Hunger Games
These two posts showing up on my feed are a perfect encapsulation of what is going on in this country. The felon and all his rich buddies are dining in splendor, while so many others feel the pain of his actions and policies.
November 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
We have entered the Hunger Games
This is honestly the best part of Halloween night.
November 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This is honestly the best part of Halloween night.
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In 1900, Black librarian Daniel Murray began a bibliography of works by Black Americans, his goal “to secure every book and pamphlet in existence, by a Negro Author”, exhibit them at the 1900 Paris Exposition, and then archive them at @LibraryCongress: publicdomainreview.org/collection/d...
October 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
In 1900, Black librarian Daniel Murray began a bibliography of works by Black Americans, his goal “to secure every book and pamphlet in existence, by a Negro Author”, exhibit them at the 1900 Paris Exposition, and then archive them at @LibraryCongress: publicdomainreview.org/collection/d...
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If you attend, work for, once went to, or plan to send your kids to a University of California school, write to the presidents and board of regents and demand UC stand up to Trump's attempts to bribe and cower the greatest public unvierstiy system in the world: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/u...
Give In or Fight Back? Colleges Are Torn on How to Respond to Trump.
www.nytimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
If you attend, work for, once went to, or plan to send your kids to a University of California school, write to the presidents and board of regents and demand UC stand up to Trump's attempts to bribe and cower the greatest public unvierstiy system in the world: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/u...
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Wow:
“A million-year-old human skull found in China suggests that our species, Homo sapiens, began to emerge at least half a million years earlier than we thought… It also shows that we co-existed with other sister species, including Neanderthals, for much longer than we've come to believe…”
“A million-year-old human skull found in China suggests that our species, Homo sapiens, began to emerge at least half a million years earlier than we thought… It also shows that we co-existed with other sister species, including Neanderthals, for much longer than we've come to believe…”
Million-year-old skull rewrites human evolution, say scientists
New analysis suggests our species began to emerge at least half a million years earlier than we thought
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September 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Wow:
“A million-year-old human skull found in China suggests that our species, Homo sapiens, began to emerge at least half a million years earlier than we thought… It also shows that we co-existed with other sister species, including Neanderthals, for much longer than we've come to believe…”
“A million-year-old human skull found in China suggests that our species, Homo sapiens, began to emerge at least half a million years earlier than we thought… It also shows that we co-existed with other sister species, including Neanderthals, for much longer than we've come to believe…”
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"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream
The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.
www.insidehighered.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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Today is the 52nd anniv of the Battle of the Sexes. And while that event was seismic, I think the entirety of Billie Jean King’s 1973 year was a model of athlete activism that culminated on Sept 20. Here’s my piece for @texasmonthly.bsky.social from 2 years ago: www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
The “Battle of the Sexes” Sparked 50 Years of Sports Progress
Billie Jean King's 1973 victory over Bobby Riggs at the Houston Astrodome capped off a summer of momentous change led by the tennis great.
www.texasmonthly.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Today is the 52nd anniv of the Battle of the Sexes. And while that event was seismic, I think the entirety of Billie Jean King’s 1973 year was a model of athlete activism that culminated on Sept 20. Here’s my piece for @texasmonthly.bsky.social from 2 years ago: www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
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The @aaup.org just shared guidance for academic workers on how to protect themselves online www.aaup.org/news/advisor...
Advisory to Academic Workers
In a moment when it is becoming increasingly difficult to predict the consequences of our online speech and choices, the AAUP and Faculty First Responders are issuing guidance to AAUP members and othe...
www.aaup.org
September 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The @aaup.org just shared guidance for academic workers on how to protect themselves online www.aaup.org/news/advisor...
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Does your teaching touch upon the Black Death? Then don't miss the one and only Dr. Monica Green's open-access, introductory teaching module for the History for the 21st Century (H21) project! www.history21.com/owit-module/... #earlymodern #histmed #medhumanities #medieval #worldhistory
September 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Does your teaching touch upon the Black Death? Then don't miss the one and only Dr. Monica Green's open-access, introductory teaching module for the History for the 21st Century (H21) project! www.history21.com/owit-module/... #earlymodern #histmed #medhumanities #medieval #worldhistory
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Stanford University Press is still accepting applications for our Marketing Assistant position. Apply via the link below - but some tips before you do (general suggestions, not just for this job, but for any, especially entry level or early career positions):
Friday announcement: we're hiring! We're looking for a Marketing Assistant. If you're intellectually curious, well-organized, have good people skills, and want to work with a bunch of truly fantastic people, we might have just the spot for you. Learn more: careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/marketi...
Marketing Assistant in Redwood City, California, United States
Work Arrangement: Hybrid (minimum 4 days onsite; up to 1 day work from home) JOB PURPOSE:Provide routine administrative or operational support...
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September 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Stanford University Press is still accepting applications for our Marketing Assistant position. Apply via the link below - but some tips before you do (general suggestions, not just for this job, but for any, especially entry level or early career positions):
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What’s up with Peter Thiel’s secret Antichrist lectures?
Let us pierce the veil.
For the @newrepublic.com I studied his past Antichrist speeches to decode his message—a chilling fusion of Nazi political theory and scripture.
Consider this an urgent warning:
newrepublic.com/article/2004...
Let us pierce the veil.
For the @newrepublic.com I studied his past Antichrist speeches to decode his message—a chilling fusion of Nazi political theory and scripture.
Consider this an urgent warning:
newrepublic.com/article/2004...
What’s Up With Peter Thiel’s Obsession With the Antichrist?
The tech mogul is amping up his apocalyptic rhetoric—and adding a dangerous dose of extremism into the already-fraught culture war.
newrepublic.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
What’s up with Peter Thiel’s secret Antichrist lectures?
Let us pierce the veil.
For the @newrepublic.com I studied his past Antichrist speeches to decode his message—a chilling fusion of Nazi political theory and scripture.
Consider this an urgent warning:
newrepublic.com/article/2004...
Let us pierce the veil.
For the @newrepublic.com I studied his past Antichrist speeches to decode his message—a chilling fusion of Nazi political theory and scripture.
Consider this an urgent warning:
newrepublic.com/article/2004...
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This is why they’re deleting studies
September 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is why they’re deleting studies
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Loyola Marymount University claims religious exemption with the NLRB, claws back recognition of NTT faculty union
The sudden decision of the LMU Board of Trustees has left many NTT faculty in shock; the union plans a response.
The sudden decision of the LMU Board of Trustees has left many NTT faculty in shock; the union plans a response.
Loyola Marymount University claims religious exemption with the NLRB, claws back recognition of NTT faculty union
The sudden decision of the LMU Board of Trustees has left many NTT faculty in shock; the union plans a response.
wordsaboutwork.blog
September 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Loyola Marymount University claims religious exemption with the NLRB, claws back recognition of NTT faculty union
The sudden decision of the LMU Board of Trustees has left many NTT faculty in shock; the union plans a response.
The sudden decision of the LMU Board of Trustees has left many NTT faculty in shock; the union plans a response.
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I wrote about the groypers and the Fuentes-Kirk fight years ago, in Hate in the Homeland. Cautioning here that there is still a lot to know about the shooter’s motivation, I’m sharing these two paragraphs here to set the history of this fight in context:
September 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I wrote about the groypers and the Fuentes-Kirk fight years ago, in Hate in the Homeland. Cautioning here that there is still a lot to know about the shooter’s motivation, I’m sharing these two paragraphs here to set the history of this fight in context:
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This week, Inquest remembers Attica—Tuesday will be the 54th anniversary of the uprising's start—and reports on the hope- and health-crushing burden of carceral medical debt. Get the full recap here: mailchi.mp/inquest.o...
September 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This week, Inquest remembers Attica—Tuesday will be the 54th anniversary of the uprising's start—and reports on the hope- and health-crushing burden of carceral medical debt. Get the full recap here: mailchi.mp/inquest.o...